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What do people plan to use their Raspberry PI for? Given the nature of HN I'm intrigued to see what unique and innovate ideas people here may have...

by donohoe 15y ago

drivebyacct2 15y ago
It is capable of doing 1080p decoding. I no longer need a Blu-ray player, Boxee box, Roku box, anything. I have an HDTV, I plug this into it with XBMC installed. Boom. I can stream anything from anywhere. It's also AirPlay enabled. Any TV just became a very smart TV for $35. If you're not familiar with XBMC, prepare to have your mind blown.
- MatthewPhillips 15y ago
  Not having Wifi kills this option for me personally.
  - slash-dot 15y ago
    Coudn't you get wifi via usb?
  - jackolas 15y ago
    stick a dongle on it.
  - drivebyacct2 15y ago
    Really? I'm fortunate that my parents recently built a house and wired ethernet everywhere (I'm tired of helping my dad try to configure transcoding servers to stream to broken DLNA implementations that vary between the 3 different Samsung LCDs he bought within 3 months) and I'll be doing the same.
  - InclinedPlane 15y ago
    Buy a WRT54gl, put dd-wrt on it, set it up as a client-bridge, now you can network your xbox, HTPC, PS3, etc. easily.
    - skeletonjelly 15y ago
      This is what I did to move the big blue ugly cable running across the entrance hallway. Wife loves the change :) Granted, I'm playing content off the same box.
  - xelfer 15y ago
    Wifi sucks in my apartment, http://www.netcomm.com.au/netcomm-products/powerline/np504 http://www.netcomm.com.au/netcomm-products/powerline/np504 solved the problem for me.
weavejester 15y ago
I was thinking wireless doorbell. I can hook up the GPIO pins for power and the doorbell signal and plug in a USB wifi stick. It can then buzz my phone (maybe via Jabber) to wake me up in the mornings when there's an early delivery. Even though the RasPi is hugely overqualified, it looks like it will be easier and cheaper than using a Arduino with a wireless shield. I'm also tickled by the idea of using a such a powerful computer for such a trivial task :)
spdegabrielle 15y ago
Port scratch jr & DrRacket.

What do people plan to use their Raspberry PI for? Given the nature of HN I'm intrigued to see what unique and innovate ideas people here may have...

by donohoe 15y ago

What do people plan to use their Raspberry PI for? Given the nature of HN I'm intrigued to see what unique and innovate ideas people here may have...

drivebyacct2 15y ago

It is capable of doing 1080p decoding. I no longer need a Blu-ray player, Boxee box, Roku box, anything. I have an HDTV, I plug this into it with XBMC installed. Boom. I can stream anything from anywhere. It's also AirPlay enabled. Any TV just became a very smart TV for $35. If you're not familiar with XBMC, prepare to have your mind blown.

MatthewPhillips 15y ago
Not having Wifi kills this option for me personally.
- slash-dot 15y ago
  Coudn't you get wifi via usb?
- jackolas 15y ago
  stick a dongle on it.
- drivebyacct2 15y ago
  Really? I'm fortunate that my parents recently built a house and wired ethernet everywhere (I'm tired of helping my dad try to configure transcoding servers to stream to broken DLNA implementations that vary between the 3 different Samsung LCDs he bought within 3 months) and I'll be doing the same.
- InclinedPlane 15y ago
  Buy a WRT54gl, put dd-wrt on it, set it up as a client-bridge, now you can network your xbox, HTPC, PS3, etc. easily.
  - skeletonjelly 15y ago
    This is what I did to move the big blue ugly cable running across the entrance hallway. Wife loves the change :) Granted, I'm playing content off the same box.
- xelfer 15y ago
  Wifi sucks in my apartment, http://www.netcomm.com.au/netcomm-products/powerline/np504 http://www.netcomm.com.au/netcomm-products/powerline/np504 solved the problem for me.

weavejester 15y ago

I was thinking wireless doorbell. I can hook up the GPIO pins for power and the doorbell signal and plug in a USB wifi stick. It can then buzz my phone (maybe via Jabber) to wake me up in the mornings when there's an early delivery. Even though the RasPi is hugely overqualified, it looks like it will be easier and cheaper than using a Arduino with a wireless shield. I'm also tickled by the idea of using a such a powerful computer for such a trivial task :)

spdegabrielle 15y ago

Port scratch jr & DrRacket.